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2022 SHARE
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PRINCIPAL SPONSOR A MESSAGE FROM OUR A MESSAGE FROM THE
PRINCIPAL SPONSOR CENTRE MANAGER
We are incredibly proud of our long-standing One positive that has come out of the
association with BMEC, of which we have difficulties of the past two years is the
been the Principal Sponsor for the last 22 increased awareness of the central role that
years. the arts, in all its forms, plays in our lives.
Apart from stimulating our emotions and
Last year, the Arts and Entertainment industry imagination an essential element of live
was significantly affected by COVID-19, and performance is that it brings us together.
we admire the resilience and adaptability We have missed that too much of late and
of BMEC during this time. At Reliance in 2022 we aim to make up for lost time.
Bank, we recognise the vital role the arts
play in growing a vibrant and culturally I think Oskar Eustis of the Public Theatre
diverse region. We are proud to support the in New York gets to the heart of it when he
LOCAL SPONSORS & PARTNERS productions and programs that significantly says the essence of the performing arts is
extend capacity and opportunities for local a shared experience.
residents, especially young people. Performing Arts Centres are places for the
Reliance Bank has supported the financial community to gather and to socialise. When
BEN & MARTHA wellbeing of Bathurst and surrounding one attends a cinema or often when one
GELIN communities for more than 50 years. Our
history of being one of the first Customer
Owned financial institutions established in
attends a gallery or a museum it is a relief
if the venue is quiet rather than packed with
visitors. It allows one the opportunity to
Bathurst provides us with an understanding experience the visit in your own way without
and connection to the region. needing to push through crowds. However,
if one attends a theatre for a show and there
We are excited for the 2022 annual season, are few people it is disappointing and it can
which includes a variety of musical acts, lessen the experience which is enhanced with
performance and showcases of local and the buzz of a full house. The performing arts
national talent and we wish them and their are an activity best shared.
FUNDING SPONSORS audiences an entertaining and memorable
season. In 2022 we can’t wait to share the love of
the performing arts with you and your family
and friends.
DANNY PAVISIC STEPHEN CHAMPION
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CENTRE MANAGER
RELIANCE BANK
BMEC acknowledges the Wiradyuri nation,
the traditional owners of the land on which we meet
and pays respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
“Burridge is back on the boards and
at a crossroads”
“CAN THE MAN SING OR
After an absence of more than twenty
CAN THE MAN SING”
years, one of our true leading men, Melbourne Age
and the original Raoul in the 1990
Australian Premiere Production of The
Phantom of the Opera, Dale Burridge
returns to the stage with a funny,
moving, heart-felt exploration of the
highs and lows of a life spent on, and
off, the boards.
This deeply personal and intimate
piece covers Covid, bullying, sexuality,
ageism, and depression and above all
is a tale of survival and an exploration
of the many twists and turns of a life
spent in ‘the biz!’
Showcasing Dale’s powerhouse vocal
talent, the show incorporates songs FRIDAY 28 JANUARY 8PM
from many of the world’s best loved
musicals: The Phantom of the Opera, WARNINGS
The Sound of Music, Les Miserables, Some course language, Haze
Anything Goes, Oklahoma, Dr. effects, not suitable for children
Doolittle, Scrooge, Chess, The Roar RUNNING TIME
of the Greasepaint the Smell of the Approximately 80 minutes
Crowd, Man of La Mancha and more. + 20 minute interval
AGE RECOMMENDATION
CO-WRITTEN BY 18+
DALE BURRIDGE & MARTIN CREWES
MUSICAL DIRECTOR TICKET PRICES
BEV KENNEDY Adult $56
DIRECTED BY Concession $52
MARTIN CREWES Adult Member $50
Concession Member $46
Student/Junior $32
Student Rush $25
PHOTO: ELISSA MARKS
3
SYDNEY
SYMPHONY
PERFORM
TCHAIKOVSKY
TH E SY D NE Y SY M PH O N Y A R E IN TOWN
FOR O N E S PECIA L N IG HT
Not only do we have the chance to hear one of the
most in demand bassoonists in the country, but FRIDAY 4 FEBRUARY 7.30PM
two of them, performing together. Bringing to life
music from Vienna’s golden past, the Orchestra’s RUNNING TIME
Approximately 100 minutes
very own Todd Gibson-Cornish and Matthew
including 20 min interval
Wilkie showcase the bright, happy music that once AGE RECOMMENDATION
floated out across Vienna’s cobbled streets. All ages
Next stop it’s onto Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony
TICKET PRICES
as the Orchestra whirls us away into an
Adult $60
exploration of Fate. From a dark and brooding Concession $56
opening emerge some of his greatest melodies, Adult Member $54
a dazzling waltz and a gale-force finale. Umberto Concession Member $49
Clerici conducts. Student /Junior $30
Student Rush $25
High School Group $18
MOZART Lucio Silla: Overture Family $150
VAŇHAL Concerto for Two Bassoons Additional Child $22
Louisa TREWARTHA Inspire, Fifty Fanfares Commission
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.5
CONDUCTOR UMBERTO CLERICI
BASSOON MATTHEW WILKIE
BASSOON TODD GIBSON-CORNISH Principal Partner
4
RED LINE PRODUCTIONS & CRITICAL STAGES TOURING
KING OF PIGS
“...DISTURBING, THRILLING
AND FASCINATING.
RECOMMENDED WITHOUT
RESERVATION.”
Stage Noise BY STEVE RODGERS
“A HARROWING,
THOUGHTFUL,
INTELLIGENT PLAY”
Daily Telegraph
An unflinching examination of masculinity, abuse,
TUESDAY 15 MARCH 7.30PM and power in the place we feel safest - our homes.
WARNINGS From the mind of critically-acclaimed writer Steve Rodgers, comes this
Patrons are advised that this production astonishing new play that boldly explores the issue of violence against women.
contains material exploring domestic
violence and sexual assault The audience is taken on an unflinching journey through the lives
RUNNING TIME of multiple women in both familiar and terrifying situations.
70 minutes no interval At 22, on a date on the Gold Coast.
AGE RECOMMENDATION
16+ At 31, moving into an apartment in Albert Park.
TICKET PRICES Or at 40, happily married with a nine-year-old son living in Campsie.
Adult $50 These very different worlds share an identical space; our homes.
Concession $46
Adult Member $44 Directed by Blazey Best, featuring strikingly beautiful sound design by Tegan
Concession Member $39 Nicholls and original composition by iOTA, King of Pigs reveals the nature of
Student/Junior $28 power, the way men abuse it, and the lives of the women who live through the lies.
Student Rush $22
King of Pigs was developed with Playwriting
Australia at the National Play Festival
and in the National Script Workshop.
PHOTO: ROBERT CATTO
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MARA!
BIG BAND
MARA KIEK VOICE AND PERCUSSION Mara Music is excited to
LLEW KIEK BOUZOUKI, BAĞLAMA, announce a new development
ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRIC GUITARS for Australia’s leading World/
SANDY EVANS SOPRANO AND TENOR
Jazz ensemble Mara!
SAXOPHONES
PAUL CUTLAN CLARINETS AND For over 3 decades the Mara!
SAXOPHONES Quintet has been developing
LLOYD SWANTON DOUBLE BASS a new genre of contemporary
ANDREW ROBSON ALTO AND BARITONE Australian music, exploring
SAXOPHONES
the intersection between
SAM GOLDING TRUMPET, SOUSAPHONE
JAMES GREENING POCKET TRUMPET,
jazz and world music. This
TROMBONE has earned them two ARIA
GARY DALEY PIANO ACCORDION awards and two final ARIA
TUNJI BEIER DRUMS AND PERCUSSION nominations and taken them
SILVIA ENTCHEVA VOICE (SOPRANO) across the globe many times
JARNIE BIRMINGHAM VOICE (ALTO) with tours to 23 countries.
Now they’ve expanded
into the Mara! Big Band,
SATURDAY 19 MARCH 8PM a 12-piece ensemble that
straddles the Eastern
RUNNING TIME
European Gypsy Brass Band
110 mins
and Jazz Big Band traditions,
TICKET PRICES to augment their signature
Adult $50 sound with a kaleidoscope
Concession $46 of musical colours including
Adult Member $44 brass, piano accordion,
Concession Member $39 percussion and voice.
Student/Junior $28
Student Rush $22 The Mara! Big Band features
High School Group $18 some of the greatest names
Family $125 in Australian jazz and
Additional Child $20 world music.
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SWOONERS
A SPECIAL CONCERT FOR THE SENIORS’ FESTIVAL
“ Brillia n t f rom s tar t t o f i n i s h !”
& DIVAS
Duets from Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, Amy
Winehouse, Michael Bublé, Natalie Cole,
The Andrew Sisters, Christina Aguilera,
Olivia Newton John and many more.
Imagine the most recognised swing, jazz
and pop duets of the 20th & 21st century
brought to life by some of Australia’s best
singers and you have the... Swooners &
Divas Show!
The Biggest hits from the Greatest singers
of all time!
Swooners & Diva’s celebrates the world’s
greatest hits from the most iconic vocalists
the world has seen from Tony Bennett to
Amy Winehouse, from Michael Bublé to
Lady Gaga, just to name a few.
Featuring two fantastic singers and our
swinging band, this stylish show will have
SATURDAY 26 MARCH 2PM the audience enthralled and on their feet!
RUNNING TIME Prepare to dance the night away!
Approx. 100 mins + a 20 min interval Hits include: Cheek to Cheek, The Lady is
AGE RECOMMENDATION
a Tramp, It Don’t Mean a Thing, Quando
All ages
Quando, Fever, That’s Life, Save the Last
TICKET PRICES Dance, Sing Sing Sing, Summer Lovin,
Adult $38 You’re the One that I Want, Come Fly With
Concession $18 Me, New York and many more.
Adult Member $33
Concession Member $18
Student/Junior $20
Pensioner Matinee $18
Student Rush $16
Family $125
Additional Child $20
11
THE RIVOLI
DANCE MAKERS COLLECTIVE’S
DIRECTED BY MIRANDA WHEEN
A celebration of social life before social media, when to meet was to talk, laugh and
move to music together.
An immersive dance hall meets dance theatre performance, The Rivoli is a tribute
to the iconic dance halls across Australia that were a celebration of social life
before social media. A hit at Sydney Festival 2020, this joyous production will
bring local town halls to life and communities together.
Throughout this work, you’ll hear the voices of people who danced at the
Rivoli, as well as the voices of those who dance now, in this town. Dance
has a way of bringing people and communities together in a way nothing
else can. But in reflecting and strengthening certain communities, it’s
also worth considering how these spaces can exclude others. The Rivoli
features some of Australia’s best dancers and a stellar live band.
We invite you and your favourite dance partner to be swept into
an immersive exploration of mid-century nightlife, desire
and social connection.
It is Dance Makers Collective’s most ambitious work yet,
The Rivoli, an ode to a bygone dance era.
WEDNESDAY 6 APRIL 7.30PM
THURSDAY 7 APRIL 11AM & 7.30PM
RUNNING TIME
83 min, no interval
AGE RECOMMENDATION
All ages (minimum 6+)
WARNINGS
Strobe lighting and fog
TICKET PRICES
Adult $50
Concession $46
Adult Member $44
Concession Member $39
Student/Junior $28
Pensioner Matinee $28
Student Rush $22
High School Group $18
Family $125
Additional Child $20
Dance Makers Collective
12
ARENA THEATRE COMPANY
‘Miss Cummings, if we’re all different,
doesn’t that kind of make us all the same?’
Juniper May, Robot Song
When eleven-year-old Juniper May receives a petition signed
by her entire class stating that she is ‘the most hated person
in the school’ her life is thrown into complete meltdown. After
exhausting all other avenues her parents’ resort to the only
thing they have left, a giant singing robot.
Based on a true story, Robot Song illustrates the profound,
transformative nature of creativity that when combined with
unconditional love, becomes an unstoppable force.
“GORGEOUSLY
WEDNESDAY 18 MAY 6.30PM
TOLD AND SUPERBLY
THURSDAY 19 MAY 10AM & 1PM CRAFTED, A MUST-
SEE FOR YOUNG
RUNNING TIME
60 mins PEOPLE GROWING
AGE RECOMMENDATION UP IN A WORLD
8+ WHERE BULLYING
IS WIDESPREAD
TICKET PRICES BUT WHO NEED TO
Adult $35
Concession $32 UNDERSTAND THAT
Adult Member $30 DIFFERENCE SHOULD
Concession Member $25 BE SEEN AS AN
Student /Junior $20 ASSET.”
Pensioner Matinee $25
Student Rush $16 Fiona Parker, ABC
High School Group $18
Primary School Group $15
Family $92
Additional Child $16
PHOTO: LEON SCHOOTS
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AN ENSEMBLE THEATRE PRODUCTION
BY GEOFFREY ATHERDEN
BLACK COCKATOO
DIRECTED BY WESLEY ENOCH
“THIS AMAZING
AUSTRALIAN
WEDNESDAY 25 MAY 8PM STORY RINGS WITH
AUTHENTICITY,
RUNNING TIME HUMOUR
90 mins, no interval AND QUIRKY
AGE RECOMMENDATION COMPASSION”
12+
WARNING Stage Noise
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander audiences are advised that
this show contains depictions of people who have died
TICKET PRICES
Adult $50 Student Rush $22
Concession $46 High School Group $18
Adult Member $44 Family $125
Concession Member $39 Additional Child $20
Student/Junior $28
Over 150 years ago, 13 brave Aboriginal men in Western Victoria
picked up their cricket bats and embarked on a treacherous voyage
to England and into the unknown – all in the name of sport.
Risking illness and persecution, Australia’s first international cricket
team – including Australia’s first Indigenous sporting hero, Johnny
Mullagh – amazed the English crowds with astonishing talent,
personality and grit.
They should have returned to Australia as celebrated heroes.
Instead they came back to find the world they once knew was
no longer there. This is not just a story about cricket - this is story
of strength, resistance, hope and possibility.
When a group of young present day activists sneak into the Wimmera
Discovery Centre to expose the truth of what happened to Johnny and
his team mates, a hidden legend of triumph and tragedy unfolds.
17CABARET KITE
RUSTY NAILS (KATE SMITH) AND GUESTS ARE
TOO HOT
TO HANDLE
Join Rusty Nails and her guests
in City Hall.
Fast, hot and sweaty. A night you
won’t forget with music, comedy
and always a little drama.
If you are in control, you are not
going fast enough!
FRIDAY 27 MAY 8PM, DOORS OPEN 7PM
RUNNING TIME
120 min including interval
AGE RECOMMENDATION
12+
WARNING
BEN & MARTHA
May contain coarse language & adult themes
GELIN
TICKET PRICES
Adult $50
Concession $46
Adult Member $44
Concession Member $39
Student/Junior $28
Student Rush $22
Family $125
Additional Child $20
18Returning to the stage for a national CHOREOGRAPHER RAFAEL BONACHELA
Australian tour after a sell-out Sydney world COMPOSER BRYCE DESSNER
premiere season (Feb 21) and an Adelaide MUSIC RECORDED BY
Festival smash hit run (March 21), Rafael AUSTRALIAN STRING QUARTET
Bonachela’s Impermanence is ‘arguably MUSIC FEATURES ‘ANOTHER WORLD’ BY ANOHNI
LIGHTING DESIGNER DAMIEN COOPER
the single best piece created by and for an
STAGE DESIGNER DAVID FLEISCHER
Australian dance company for many years’ COSTUME DESIGNER ALEISA JELBART
(Adelaide Advertiser).
A visceral and thrilling exploration of the AUSTRALIAN STRING QUARTET
juxtaposition of beauty and devastation, VIOLIN I – DALE BARLTROP
this full-length work features a new score VIOLIN II – FRANCESCA HIEW
full of emotional power from Grammy VIOLA – CHRISTOPHER CARTLIDGE
Award-winning composer Bryce Dessner. CELLO – MICHAEL DAHLENBURG
Best known as a founder of American rock
band The National and for his film scores for WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 7.30PM
The Revenant and The Two Popes, Dessner
RUNNING TIME
was initially inspired by the tragedy of the Approximately 65 mins
Australian bush fires and the Notre-Dame AGE RECOMMENDATION
fire in Paris. With an exquisite recording by 8+
IMPERMANENCE the Australian String Quartet, and the full
might of Sydney Dance Company’s ‘awe TICKET PRICES
CHOREOGRAPHED BY inspiring’ (In Daily) ensemble, this is an Adult $60
RAFAEL BONACHELA epic, driven performance that packs an Concession $56
emotional punch. Adult Member $54
Concession Member $49
When COVID-19 struck in March 2020, Student/Junior $30
Impermanence was only four days from its Student Rush $25
world premiere and opening night. As the High School Group $18
impact of the pandemic became apparent, Family $150
performances were cancelled and artists Additional Child $22
sent into lockdown. Life, and recovery, were This project has been assisted by
on hold, but the collaboration persevered. the Australian Government through
The ASQ recorded the compositions the Australia Council for the Arts, its
arts funding and advisory body.
in lockdown, the dancers rehearsed in
isolation, and with the added poignancy PHOTO: PEDRO GREIG
of a pandemic that has exposed so many
vulnerabilities and changed us all at a
profound level, Impermanence returns
to the stage.
Experience the power of dance and music,
laden with meaning, fleeting and vulnerable
and from devastation, find energy, urgency,
radiance and hope.
Bryce Dessner’s music composition Impermanence is
commissioned by the Australian String Quartet and Sydney
Dance Company. This commission has been assisted by the
Australian Government through the Australia Council for the
Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
20Performance that passes the pub test
This is Joel. Joel is a very serious, very important performance artist. Joel makes very important
‘works’ about issues that you should definitely care about. Please, please come and see Joel’s
very important show.!
“No-one needs that!” I Liked it, But... goes where few ‘experimental contemporary immersive
performance’ works dare to tread... out of the theatre and into the bar to see what passes
the ‘pub test’.
Grab a drink and enjoy some tunes with Joel and local musicians for a Pub Trivia Night about
the craziest, weirdest, most confusing stuff he’s ever had to see on and off of a stage.
Expect very silly stories about very serious people, served with tongue firmly in cheek.
Together, we’ll try and work out how stuff even gets made, and why we should care.
THURSDAY 30 JUNE 7.30PM CREATOR, CHOREOGRAPHER, PERFORMER
JOEL BRAY
RUNNING TIME ORIGINAL MUSIC DEVELOPMENT & DESIGN
75 mins, no interval but there are breaks/ JESS GREEN
options to get a drink from the bar DRAMATURG LUKE GEORGE
AGE RECOMMENDATION COLLABORATING DIRECTOR STEPHEN NICOLAZZO
12+ EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, DISTRIBUTION & TOUR
WARNINGS MANAGER ALISON HALIT
May include coarse language PROGRAM PRODUCER & TECHNICAL PRODUCTION
& STAGE MANAGER LUCIE SUTHERLAND
TICKET PRICES World Premiere at the Canberra Theatre Centre 2021 with
Adult $38 further support from the City of Darebin, City of Yarra,
Concession $33 QL2 Dance, BlakDance and Chunky Move.
Adult Member $31
Joel Bray is currently a BlakDance, BlakForm Artist funded
Concession Member $20 through Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund
Student/Junior $20 – an Australian Government initiative. He is also Chunky
Student Rush $16 Move’s 2021 & 2022 Choreographer in Residence supported
by Chunky Move and the Tanja Liedtke Foundation.
IMAGE BY JOEL BRAY DANCE
22‘Dharawungara’ is a collision
IN HIS JOURNEY of rituals. The audience is
TO CONNECT WITH invited to reimagine the
TRADITION, BRAY theatre as a contemporary
CREATES SOMETHING ceremonial ground of light
VIVID AND LYRICAL THAT and sound. Joel explores
AT ONCE CONNECTS TO how to breathe life into a
THE RITE-OF-PASSAGE Wiradjuri rite he has only
ever read about and explores
DENIED HIM AND YET
his complicated relationship
INVENTS ITS OWN with the long dead white man
RENEWAL. NOT TO BE who did the writing.
UNDER - ESTIMATED IS
DHARAWUNGARA
BRAY’S LIGHTNESS OF
TOUCH – DHARAWUNGARA
IS NOT A GRIM WORK
IN SPITE OF ITS SERIOUS
INTENT. COMMISSIONED BY CHUNKY MOVE
CHOREOGRAPHED AND PERFORMED BY JOEL BRAY
Susan Bendall
Dance Australia Naretha Williams, as
‘songwoman’ for this faux
ritual, has created the sound
IT’S THIS RAW MIX OF - her driving beats conjure
ABORIGINAL IDENTITY WITH the space around us. This
dance of urgency and beauty
SATURDAY 2 JULY 8PM
EUROPEAN - INFLUENCED
is both a personal rite of
CONTEMPORARY RUNNING TIME
empowerment and a lament 40 mins, no interval
PERFORMANCE ART THAT for the immeasurable losses AGE RECOMMENDATION
MAKES DHARAWUNGARA, of colonial dispossession. 12+
IN ALL ITS COMPLEXITY,
SOMETHING UNIQUE. TICKET PRICES
SERIOUS SUBJECT, Adult $50
PEPPERED WITH HUMOUR, Concession $46
Adult Member $44
DHARAWUNGARA HAS A Concession Member $39
LOT TO CHEW ON... Student/Junior $28
Stephanie Glickman Student Rush $22
High School Group $18
Herald Sun Family $125
Additional Child $20
Joel Bray is currently a BlakDance,
BlakForm Artist funded through
Restart Investment to Sustain
and Expand (RISE) Fund – an
Australian Government initiative.
He is also Chunky Move’s 2021 &
2022 Choreographer in Residence
supported by Chunky Move and the
Tanja Liedtke Foundation
PHOTO: PIA JOHNSON
24BELL SHAKESPEARE’S
“BELL SHAKESPEARE HAS
MASTERED THE ART OF
PRESENTING SHAKESPEARE
IN A MANNER THAT IS
ACCESSIBLE TO THE
MODERN-DAY AUDIENCE,
WHILE STILL ENDEARING
THOSE WHO LOVE THE
TRADITION.”
Australian Stage
FAR-FETCHED COINCIDENCES
AND CHAOTIC HILARITY
BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
JANINE WATSON DIRECTOR
KELSEY LEE LIGHTING DESIGNER
SAMANTHA CHESTER MOVEMENT DIRECTOR
Shipwrecked and separated 33 years JULIA BILLINGTON DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
earlier, two sets of long-lost twins ADRIANO CAPPELLETTA
miraculously find themselves in the ANTIPHOLOUS OF SYRACUSE
same city on the same day. What GIEMA CONTINI ADRIANA
ELLA PRINCE DROMIO OF EPHESUS
could possibly go wrong?
MAITLAND SCHNAARS EGEON
The Comedy of Errors is a hilarious
romp of swapped identities,
misguided love, mistaken
imprisonment and chaotic mishaps,
leading to an unbelievably crazy day THURSDAY 7 JULY 7.30PM
for bumbling twins.
RUNNING TIME
At the heart of this tale of comedic 2 hrs 40 mins
misfortune is an old man searching AGE RECOMMENDATION
for his lost children. He finds himself 12+
in a hostile land, in the fight of his
TICKET PRICES
life…to save his life. As far-fetched
Adult $56
coincidences unfold, chaotic hilarity Concession $52
ensues and a man’s life could be Adult Member $50
saved — if only everything would Concession Member $45
go to plan. Student/Junior $32
Student Rush $25
Directed by Janine Watson this is High School Group $18
a beautiful story about reunion, Family $130
wrapped up in an evening of Additional Child $22
entertainment and laughter.
27THE BOY WHO
‘This is a place I can be. SLINGSBY AND STATE THEATRE COMPANY SOUTH AUSTRALIA
This is a place I can be me’.
Young Marty is a triplet. One of three,
TALKED TO
only he is the odd one out, the runt of
the litter. No one understands him,
except his dogs. Locked in the coal
DOGS
shed at night, Martin finds solace from
the iciness of a troubled home in 1970’s
Ireland, by cuddling up to his German
Shepherds, Major and Rex.
When he runs away at thirteen, Marty
ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY
is adopted by a pack of six stray dogs. AMY CONROY
Together they survive on the road, FROM THE BOOK FROM
THURSDAY 21 JULY 7.30PM ignoring ‘do not enter’ signs, dodging MARTIN MCKENNA
FRIDAY 22 JULY 10AM & 12.30PM trains, stealing milk bottles and meals
SATURDAY 23 JULY 2PM & 8PM from open kitchen windows, fizzing
and whizzing with energy - outcasts
on the outskirts.
RUNNING TIME
75 mins, no interval Emerging as pack leader, Marty
AGE RECOMMENDATION discovers deeper ways to communicate
12+ with the dogs, learning tricks that lead
WARNING him back to human company - and
Contains themes of domestic violence
a new place where he ‘can be me’.
TICKET PRICES Based on the true story of Nimbin’s
Adult $50 famous ‘Dogman’, who grew up in
Concession $46 Garryowen, Limerick, this tough but
Adult Member $44
tender tale is a celebration of the love
Concession Member $39
Student/Junior $28 of animals we share our homes and
Pensioner Matinee $28 lives with, starring acclaimed Dublin
Student Rush $22 actor Bryan Burroughs amidst a
High School Group $18 dazzling array of shadows, songs
Family $125 and stellar musicianship.
Additional Child $20
Developed with the assistance of Draíocht Arts
Centre, Blanchardstown, Ireland
PHOTO ANDY ELLIS
28Beyond haircuts and beard trims, this canny
barber is the city’s matchmaking maestro!
Almaviva is wealthy, stealthy and head over heels.
Rosina is witty, pretty and equally smitten. She’s also
betrothed. They need a plan. Time to call on: Fi-ga-ro!
Figaro! Figaro!
The stage is set for comic chaos. Our enterprising barber
Figaro has wits and tricks as sharp as his scissors. It takes
all of his clever disguises, subterfuge and scheming to
wrangle a romantic encounter for the would-be lovers.
The Barber of Seville fizzes and pops with lyrical
acrobatics and irrepressibly funny characters. Rossini’s
most famous ‘opera buffa’ is a musical masterpiece
with a storyline that would be equally at home in a TUESDAY 2 AUGUST 7.30PM
Hollywood rom-com. Opera Australia’s finest voices WARNINGS
and a live orchestra deliver a score that is instantly Strobe lighting, use of herbal
familiar from renditions in movies, cartoons and cigarettes, mature themes
commercials. Here, the frothy humour is intoxicating RUNNING TIME
and the chorus revels in every uproarious escapade. Approx. 2 hrs
AGE RECOMMENDATION
Delight in a riotous romp along the road to true love! 12+
This is opera at its light-hearted, effervescent best.
TICKET PRICES
Adult $60
BMEC PRINCIPAL SPONSOR Concession $56
Adult Member $54
Concession Member $49
NATIONAL TOUR PARTNERS
Student/Junior $30
LEADING SUPPORTING PROUDLY PATRON-IN-CHIEF GOVERNMENT OPERA Student Rush $25
High School Group $18
PARTNER PARTNER SUPPORTED BY DR HARUHISA HANDA PARTNERS CONFERENCE
Family $150
Additional Child $22
30 PHOTO GEORGES ANTONITHIS
A funny, dark and
provocative anti-bonnet
drama.
IS
1839. Cascades Female Factory,
Hobart Town. In a solitary cell,
on the edge of survival, Mary Ford
waits alone in the darkness. Left for
dead, ten thousand miles from home,
she plots escape and reveals, with
EDEN
biting mockery, the untold tales of
her captors.
In a tour-de-force performance
described as ‘fearless’ and
‘nauseatingly exquisite’, Emily
Goddard and acclaimed theatre
director Susie Dee (Anthem and WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY
Savages) bring to life a dark,
humorous and provocative anti- EMILY GODDARD
bonnet drama inspired by the DIRECTED BY SUSIE DEE
rebellion and resistance of the
female convicts of Van Diemen’s
Land. “AS AFFECTING AND IMPRESSIVE AS
ANYTHING YOU WILL SEE.”
Using the same Bouffon-esque
performance devices the women Australian Stage
used to rebel, Goddard and Dee
tread a fine line between the
grotesque and humorous to uncover
an extraordinary chapter of rebellion FRIDAY 12 AUGUST 11AM
and survival that has seemingly SATURDAY 13 AUGUST 8PM
escaped our nation’s history books.
Winner of the 2018 Drama Victoria RUNNING TIME
Award, This is Eden is at once an 75 mins, no interval
examination of our dark past, a AGE RECOMMENDATION
parody of the way we perceive it 15+
and a vital call to arms. WARNING
Coarse language and adult themes
TICKET PRICES
Adult $50
Concession $46
Adult Member $44
Concession Member $39
Student/Junior $28
Pensioner Matinee $28
Student Rush $22
High School Group $18
Family $125
Additional Child $20
33TUESDAY 16 AUGUST 6.30PM
WEDNESDAY 17 AUGUST 10AM & 12.30PM
RUNNING TIME
60 MINUTES
AGE RECOMMENDATION
5-12 YEARS
TICKET PRICES
Adult $35
Concession $32
Adult Member $30
Concession Member $25
Student/Junior $20
Pensioner Matinee $25
Student Rush $16
High School Group $18
Primary School Group $15
Family $92
Additional Child $16
CCAANN WWEE SSAAVV
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SSTTOORR
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WWHHEE
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Out of line HHEE
and out of time: the RROO
‘Depository’ is a mysterious BBOO
TTSS
bureau that undeniably has seen AARR
better days. It’s only remaining operator RRIIVV
continues with an important task. With the help EE??
of some strange machinery, he extracts the stories
that live in old, discarded objects and safeguards them
in the magical place where all stories are kept.
A difficult task in a time when people throw out everything so
quickly and objects don’t have time to gather real stories.
This strange and vulnerable world starts to fall apart when the place
is under attack by the malicious plans of a rogue AI...and only two
unlikely allies can save the ‘Depository’ and its stories.
Storytelling versus data - management, human versus machine: a gripping
and humorous clash between the analog and the digital, told through dazzling
video and computer animations, quirky contraptions, robotics, clunky inventions
and flying objects.
Physical reality turns virtual and back in this family show about what makes us
humans, the stories we tell and artificial intelligence knocking at the door.
34BY ANDREA JAMES PRODUCED BY PERFORMING LINES
A young girl hits a ball against the tin
wall of her family’s home. This is where
it all began for Evonne Goolagong. Hers
is a quintessentially Blak Australian story
WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER 7.30PM about a girl from the bush who dared to
dream, and with the support of an outback
RUNNING TIME farming town, rose to become the number
95 mins, no interval one tennis player in the world and a
AGE RECOMMENDATION household name by the age of 19.
12+
WARNING Evonne Goolagong’s heart-warming
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander guests are story is a celebration of spirit and passion
advised that this performance may contain over adversity, and a tribute to a woman
images of people who are deceased. Mild coarse whose sporting prowess continues to
language, adult themes, flashing lights & haze. inspire a nation, giving hope to thousands
of young girls across the country. With
TICKET PRICES its distinctively Australian sensibility and
Adult $56
Concession $52
humour, Sunshine Super Girl asks us to
Adult Member $50 consider our nation’s future and the part
Concession Member $45 we can play for the next ‘Goolagong’
Student/Junior $45 waiting in the wings. “ANDREA JAMES’ SCRIPT AND DIRECTION ARE
COMMANDING AND POETIC. SHE’S A GIFTED
This landmark new Australian work is
Sunshine Super Girl is produced by Performing Lines written and directed by Yorta Yorta/
STORYTELLER: ONE OF OUR VERY BEST.”
and supported by the Australian Government through
the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and Gunaikurnai theatremaker Andrea James Witness | Bryan Andy
advisory body; the NSW Government through Create (Yanagai! Yanagai!)
NSW; the Seaborn Broughton & Walford Foundation;
the Blake-Beckett Trust; Moogahlin Performing Arts;
Australian Plays Transform through its Playwrights’
Retreat Program; and Production Co-Commissioners
Griffith Regional Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company,
QPAC and seven regional venue partners.
36BACKBONE
“MAGNETIC WORLD GRAVITY & OTHER MYTHS
PREMIERE, A PERFECT
COMBINATION OF
FLUIDITY, METTLE
AND DANGER.”
Backbone examines the various perceptions of what strength
HHHHH is, where it comes from and how it is measured. This frenetic
Limelight Magazine celebration of human interconnectedness will test the limits of
strength: physical, emotional, individual and collective.
“WITH BACKBONE, It is set in the here and now. We won’t be transporting the
GRAVITY AND audience to Verona. We are on a stage. In a theatre. In front
OTHER MYTHS of them! GOM has cemented their place as a leader in the
HAS PRODUCED Australian arts sector through steady growth, six critically
SOMETHING acclaimed works and broad global success having toured to 37
SO INTENSELY countries with a collective attendance of over 750,000. Backbone
BEAUTIFUL IT MAKES was the company’s third work and was nominated for three
YOU PROUD TO Helpmann Awards including Best Physical Theatre Production.
BE HUMAN. AND
IN OUR CURRENT TUESDAY 18 OCTOBER 7.30PM
GLOBAL CLIMATE,
THAT’S A RARE AND WARNINGS
WONDERFUL THING.” Haze effect and loud music
used during performance
Alison Flett, InDaily RUNNING TIME
80 mins
AGE RECOMMENDATION
All ages
TICKET PRICES
Adult $50
Concession $46
Adult Member $44
Concession Member $39
Student/Junior $28
Student Rush $22
High School Group $18
Family $125
Additional Child $20
PHOTO: CARNIVAL CINEMA
Backbone has been assisted by the
Australian Government’s Major Festivals
Initiative, through the Confederation
of International Arts Festivals Inc.
commissioned by Adelaide Festival,
Melbourne Festival & Sydney Festival.
39“... MAYBE THE BEST Discover rich and strange new musical worlds in this superlunary
MUSIC FROM THE concert featuring AHE and Guest Director Chad Kelly, a string
BEST ENSEMBLE IN orchestra and keyboard tribute to one of the most original musical
AUSTRALIA ... minds of the enlightenment, C.P.E. Bach.
A CONCERT OF The program features Emanuel’s delightfully strange Cello
WORLD-CLASS MUSIC Concerto in A major and his brilliant G major Symphony. It also
THAT LEAVES A includes Benda’s stunning F minor Keyboard Concerto and an
LISTENER WANTING occasionally downright silly suite, nicknamed La Bizarre, by his
MORE.” avuncular godfather Telemann.
C.P.E BACH Canberra City News
2019
Formidable UK keyboardist Chad Kelly has worked closely with
the likes of Rachel Podger, Trevor Pinnock and John Eliot Gardiner.
UNIVERSE OF HARMONY
He joins us as Guest Director and struts his stuff in a concerto by
C.P.E.’s contemporary Georg Benda. This program of heavenly
music from changing times is a perfect way to see out the old year
and ring in the new.
ARTISTS
GUEST DIRECTOR & HARPSICHORD CHAD KELLY (UK)
LEAD VIOLIN SKYE MCINTOSH
CELLO SOLOIST DANIEL YEADON
PROGRAM
WILLIAM HERSCHEL
Sinfonia No. 8 in C minor
C.P.E. BACH
Symphony in G major Wq. 180
J.A. BENDA
Keyboard Concerto in F minor
AVISON/SCARLATTI
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in D minor
Garden of Harmony
C.P.E. BACH
Cello Concerto in A major Wq. 172 TUESDAY 13 DECEMBER 7.30PM
TELEMANN
Overture Suite in G major RUNNING TIME
La Bizarre TWV 55:G2 Approx 2 hrs including interval
AGE RECOMMENDATION
All ages
TICKET PRICES
Adult $60
Concession $56
Adult Member $54
Concession Member $49
Student/Junior $30
Student Rush $25
High School Group $18
Family $150
Additional Child $22
41BMEC INDEPENDE
NT SHOWS
OTHER BMEC PROGRAMS Friday 11 February An Evening at the Proms Spectacular
Thurs – Sat 3-12 March Nunsense (musical comedy)
Friday 18 March Rockaria The ELO Experience (classic hits)
Sunday 20 March The Wiggles
INLAND SEA OF SOUND THE METROPOLITAN OPERA 10,12.30 & 2.30pm
FESTIVAL AND NATIONAL THEATRE
Friday 25 March Robertson Brothers (1960’s Variety TV Show)
LIVE SCREENINGS
Bathurst’s exceptional music festival in the last Thursday 31 March Paul Kelly (in concert)
week of February. The Met Opera captured live in HD in New York
and Great Britain’s National Theatre recorded
Saturday 2 April Ian Moss & Troy Cassar-Daley (Together Alone)
For details visit inlandseaofsound.com.au live to be screened at BMEC. Saturday 9 April Dusty the Concert (starring Monique Montez)
To join our email list for screening updates send Thursday 21 April Celtic Illusion Reimagined (spellbinding)
an email to bmec.boxoffice@bathurst.nsw.gov. Mon – Tues 30-31 May Human Nature (people get ready)
au Thursday 2 June Blue: The Songs of Joni Mitchell (Queenie van de Zandt)
D RAM A CLA SS ES
BATHURST WRITERS’ & Friday 10 June Sydney Comedy Festival
READERS’ FESTIVAL Thursday 16 June Country Superstars (timeless Country classics)
BELOVED MONSTER
The Bathurst Writers’ & Readers’ Festival Sunday 19 June The Australian Tenors (I still call Australia home)
returns to BMEC from Friday 20th to Sunday
Mondays and Tuesdays during school terms, Wednesday 22 June Anh Do (The Happiest Refugee Live!!)
22nd of May.
4pm-5pm Thursday 23 June Leaving Jackson (Johnny Cash & June Carter tribute)
Stay tuned for the Great Festival Read for
After school drama classes for kids from Saturday 9 July Queen Bohemian Rhapsody (Thomas Crane)
2022.
kindergarten up. Build your skills in performance, Friday 15 July Rumours (The Australian Fleetwood Mac tribute show)
storytelling, collaboration,
stage craft! FAST CARS AND DIRTY Saturday 30 July A Celebration of Swing (John Morrison’s Big Band)
BEATS – LOCAL STAGES Friday 5 August Australian Bee Gees (27 years on the stage)
COMPAREO A new work by Kate Smith which explores Mt Sunday 7 August World of Musicals (The West End & Broadway)
Panorama – Wahluu and what it means to the Saturday 17 September INXS (Tribute show)
Be visible. Be present. Bathurst community. Look out for workshops in
Saturday 1 October Good Morning Vietnam (Songs from the era)
Tuesdays during school terms. April – May and performances later in the year.
Tuesday 4 October The Beanies Egg – straordinary Day! (families)
Compareo is BMEC’s inclusive arts program, Supported by Create NSW, The Regional Arts
Friday 7 October Mark Vincent (Australia’s Tenor)
providing an exciting opportunity for people with Fund, Ben & Martha Gelin
Saturday 8 October Twist & Shout: A Salute to Rock n Roll
disabilities to explore performance skills.
Saturday 15 October Diesel Greatest Hits (Alone with Blues)
Please phone the Box Office
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Friday January 28 DALE BURRIDGE – AT THE CROSSROADS 2
Friday February 4 SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 4
Tuesday March 15 KING OF PIGS By Steve Rodgers 6
Saturday March 19 MARA! BIG BAND World jazz ensemble 8
Saturday March 26 SWOONERS & DIVAS Swing, jazz and pop 10
Wed & Thur April 6 & 7 THE RIVOLI Dance hall meets dance theatre 12
Wed & Thur May 18 & 19 ROBOT SONG Based on a true story 14
Wednesday May 25 BLACK COCKATOO Ensemble Theatre 16
Friday May 27 CABARET KITE Rusty Nails and guests 18
Wednesday June 15 SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY – IMPERMANENCE 20
Thursday June 30 I LIKED IT BUT Joel Bray 22
Saturday July 2 DHARAWUNGARA Joel Bray 24
Thursday July 7 THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Bell Shakespeare 26
Thur – Sat July 21 – 23 THE BOY WHO TALKED TO DOGS Slingsby 28
Tuesday August 2 THE BARBER OF SEVILLE Opera Australia 30
Fri & Sat August 12 & 13 THIS IS EDEN Anti-bonnet drama 32
Tue & Wed August 16 & 17 WHALEBONE Can we save our stories? 34
Wednesday October 12 SUNSHINE SUPER GIRL By Andrea James 36
Tuesday October 18 BACKBONE Gravity & Other Myths 38
Tuesday December 14 AUSTRALIAN HAYDN ENSEMBLE CPE Bach 40You can also read
